Wheel-fender.



E0.'870,072- PATENTED NOV. '5; 1901.

' T. J. WILSON.

WHEEL FENDER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27. 1907.

THOMAS JACK WILSON, OF QUITMAN, GEORGIA.

WHEEL-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. me t; Nov. 5, 1907.

Applioationfiledlmi ezli1907- Serial No. 281.163..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs J. WILsON, a citizen of" the United States,residingat Quit-man, in the county of Brooks and State of Georgia,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in' WheelFenders,' ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in fenders for the wheels ofrailway pars, locomotives and the like; and it consists in the novelconstruction and the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed. v

The object oi the invsentio n is to provide a wheel guard or fender ofthis character which maybe produced at a small cost and readily appliedto any car truck, and which will be securely braced and supported sothat it will effectively accomplish its intended purpose. I p

The above and other objects which will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, are attained in the preferred embodimentofiny invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car truck showing my improved fenderapplied thereto; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1 Fi 3is a perspective view of one of the fenders and its attached supportingbraces, and, Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the same taken on ahorizontal planewlrrouglfbdlt 22.

In the drawings is shown a portion of a car truck of ordinaryconstruction having a cross beam 2 and provided at each of its ends witha longitudinally extending end piece or frame 3 which carries thejournal boxes 4 for the axles 5 of the car wheels 6.

The numeral 7 designates my improved guards or fenders and I preferablyemploy one for each of the its upper portion outwardly curved andterminating close to the bottom of the-body of the. car. The lowerenlarged and 9 of the fender body is substantially triangular in shapeand has a downwardly and outwardly curved outer face 10 which will serveto deflect obstructioris off of the track. This lower end 9 of the body8 may be solid but I preferably make it hollow as shown for the sake oflightness. It will be seen hat by making. the end 9 oi triangular shapeit will fill the space above the track rail immediately in front of thecar wheel and prevent anything from falling upon the track between thefender and wheel.

The lender body 8 is rigidly supported in position the track.

with its curved pm'tion spacml from the wheel and the flat bottom of itslower end spaced above but close to the track rail, by two outer braces11, 12 and two inner braces 13, 14. The outer braces 11, 12 are in theform of i angular bars-of metal and have their parallel ends 15 securedby bolts or similar fastenings l6 to the lower and upper faces of oneofthe journahboxes 4. .The

inner braces 13, 14 arealso in the form of metal bars which receive oneof the axles 5 between them and have their converging ends 17 superposedand formed with alined apertures to receive a" bolt or similar fastening18 which secures them to the main cross beam 2 of When one of thefenders is arranged upon each of the wheels of the track,- the ends 17may all be united to the beam 2 by the same fastening 18, as shown illFig. 2.- The twoiowcr braces 12, 14 are united to the lower end 9 of thefender body bybendirig their outer ends inwardly at right angles, asshownat 19, and inserting them in a' transverse slot 20 formed insaid-portion of the body as-seen in Fig. 4; Said ends 19 of the bracesare, of course inserted from opposite sides of the fender and they areformed with alined apertures adapted to receive a fas'tening'bolt or thelike 21 which retains them in the transverse slot 20. The upper braces11., 13 are similarly secured in the upper curved portion of the fenderbody by a bolt or the like 22 which is passed through alined aperturesin the right angularly bent.

ends 23 of said braces, which ends are inserted in a transverse slot 24in the body 8.

In order to prevent any possibility of the body 8 cansing the derailmentof the car wheel should the braces bend or break when the fender strikesa heavy obstruction I preferably arrange a roller 25 in a slot portionof the bottom of the body so that when the latter lowers the roller willrun upon the track rail. These rollers 25 are 'journaled upon bolts orshafts 26 and are normally out of contact with the track rails. v

From the'foregoing it will be seen that a fender constructed and mountedin accordance with my inven tion, 'will have its body rigidly supportedupon both the outer and inner sides of the wheel and hence will not beliable to be. easily broken or damaged. The inner and outer parts or"the upper and lower braces not only serve to effectively support thebody 8 but also serve as guards for the wheels and further provide rigidsupports which may be grasped by a person who falls beneath. the car.

The use of this fender will make it practically inl-v possible for aperson to be run over bya car wheel, since the curved upper end of thebody will prevent a person from passing over the top of the wheel andthe outwardly curv'ed lower end 10 will serve to throw or deflect thebody off of the track rail.

If desired the front face of the body of the tender may be oral orrounded instead of flat so as to reduce the liability of the fendermainling or injuring a person caught by a fender.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

their outer ends connected to the inner edges of said fender bodies andtheir inner ends united and engaged with said cross beam of the truckand a fastening for uniting the inner ends of said inside braces to saidcross beam, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a car truck, of a wheel fender supported fromthe truck in advance of one-ofvits wheels,

said fender having a substantial vertically disposed body provided witha central portion curvedto conform to the curvature of the wheel, anoutwardly curved upper end terminating close to the body of the car toprevent any-' thingfrom being drawn up by the wheel between it and thecar body, said fender also having a substantially triangular shapedlower end with an outwardly curved front face, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

3. A wheel fender comprising a body formed with a transverse slot, innerand outer attaching braces having angular ends to enter said slot in thebody from opposite sides of the latter and a fastening to retain saidangular ends or the braces in the said slot substantially, as

described.

4. The herein described whee: tender comprising a-body having a centralportion curved to conform to the contour of a wheel and an upwardly andoutwardly curved upper end, the lower end of said 'body being'triangularin shape and having'a downwardly and outwardly curved outer face, theouter pair of angular attaching and supporting braces having their innerends disposed in parallel relation in horizontal planes and aperturedfor attachment to a journal box and their outer portion twisted intovertical planes and arranged in diverging relation with their extremlties attached to the upper and lower portions of the body and theinner pair of angular supporting aud attachingbraces arranged inconverging relation -with their outer ends attached to the upper andlower portions oi the body and their inner ends twisted into horizontalplanes and in contact with each other and apertured to receive afastening to secure them to the truck. substantially as described.

5. A wheel lender comprising a body curved to conform to the contour ofa wheel and having a triangular shaped lower end, the latter beinghollow and formed in 'its bottom with an opening, a pivoted pin arrangedin the bottom and across said opening, a roller journaled uponsaid pinand means for supporting said body in advance of a wheel and with itsroller out of contact with the track. substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses,

TOM .lAiK \VHASUN.

Witnesses Jonx i-I. MAslilli'liXE. Jonx ii. lirx'rrza.

